The essential
The XV of France, wide winner in Italy (50-10) for his entry into the Tournament, wants to confirm in Ireland.
A second success would put him back at the top of the standings.
The XV of Ireland will seek to recover after their inaugural defeat in Wales (21-16).
A French victory in Ireland would nevertheless be an achievement: the Blues have not won in Dublin since August 20, 2011 and a preparation match for the World Cup (26-22).
Fabien Galthié's men have a "dream" opportunity to win, since the Irish are deprived of Jonathan Sexton and Connor Murray, two executives of the XV du Trèfle.
3:48 p.m.
The composition of the XV of Ireland.
Andy Farrell, the Ireland coach, had to deal with the absence of the traditional Sexton-Murray hinge, aligned 66 times.
Not sufficiently recovered from a shock suffered in Wales, opener and captain Jonathan Sexton is replaced by Billy Burns, criticized for causing the inaugural defeat.
At his side, Jamison Gibson-Park compensates for Connor Murray's tendon injury.
The captain is Ian Henderson, for the first time.
#TeamOfUs
📄 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🟢
Head Coach Andy Farrell has selected his Match Day 23 for Sunday's #GuinnessSixNations showdown against France at @AVIVAStadium, with @HendersonIain named to captain Ireland 🙌 # ShoulderToShoulder #IrishRugby #IREvFRA pic.twitterglo005M4H
- Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) February 12, 2021
3:40 p.m.
Hymns from a distance.
Social distancing will be in the tournament protocol, which requires internationals to stay one meter from each other during anthems, prohibiting all contact… before tackles and scrums.
We explain everything in this article.
3:25 p.m.
The composition of the XV of France.
Two notable changes in the XV designed by Fabien Galthié.
Author of two of the seven French tests in Italy, Teddy Thomas, the Racing 92 winger, was however replaced by Clermontois Damian Penaud.
Castres third line Anthony Jelonch was preferred to Lyonnais Dylan Cretin.
🍀🇫🇷 𝐋𝐞 𝐗𝐕 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞́𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭!
Here are the 23 players who will face Ireland on Sunday at 4pm!
The Blues are flying to Dublin this afternoon ✈️ See you on
Sunday!
@IrishRugby #NeFaisonsXV #XVdeFrance pic.twitter.com/JMFPkRk5vj
- France Rugby (@FranceRugby) February 12, 2021
15 hours.
Hello everyone and welcome to our site to follow live commentary on the match between Ireland and France, counting for the second day of the Six Nations Tournament.
Kick-off is scheduled for 4 p.m.